CWS4322
Chef Extraordinaire
As some of you know, I recently acquired a dishwasher for the farm. The person who gave it to me sent some Finish cubes with it. Well, I ran out of those. I had accidently bought a bottle of no-name dishwasher detergent months ago. It left a film on everything the first time I tried it. I recently researched how to make dishwasher soap--I'll be doing that once the bottle of the stuff I bought thinking it was "handwashing" dishwasher soap is gone.
But I also came across the notion of adding baking soda (1-2 tsp) to the store-bought powder soap and putting vinegar in the "rinse" spot. I'm on my third load (the store-bought stuff is liquid, doesn't seem to matter). I have been running "heavy duty" as the cycle because I've had pans in. But the glasses have come out crystal clean. Amazing. I had put the little cup of vinegar in the upper rack while I was using up the stuff my friend sent with the dishwasher--that worked too, but not nearly as well as adding the vinegar to the "rinse cycle" tray (the one that is next to where you put the soap) and the baking soda. What I read was that you can extend how long it takes to use up powder dishwasher soap if you add the baking soda and use vinegar instead of those other products. Just thought I'd share.
But I also came across the notion of adding baking soda (1-2 tsp) to the store-bought powder soap and putting vinegar in the "rinse" spot. I'm on my third load (the store-bought stuff is liquid, doesn't seem to matter). I have been running "heavy duty" as the cycle because I've had pans in. But the glasses have come out crystal clean. Amazing. I had put the little cup of vinegar in the upper rack while I was using up the stuff my friend sent with the dishwasher--that worked too, but not nearly as well as adding the vinegar to the "rinse cycle" tray (the one that is next to where you put the soap) and the baking soda. What I read was that you can extend how long it takes to use up powder dishwasher soap if you add the baking soda and use vinegar instead of those other products. Just thought I'd share.
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